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| ISBN: | 0692398295 (ISBN13: 9780692398296) |
Chandler Alexander
Paperback | Pages: 420 pages Rating: 3.97 | 66 Users | 56 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Makings of a Fatherless Child |
| Author | : | Chandler Alexander |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 420 pages |
| Published | : | December 20th 2015 by House of Cotton Publishing |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Urban |
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Chandler Alexander's The Makings of a Fatherless Child is a dark and riveting tale of a young boy, Amel River, growing of age in the Mississippi Delta all while trying to survive a broken home, poverty, fatherlessness, and a voice in his head that won't go away. With the wisdom of a drunken stranger King Lee, the unspoken love of his best friend Sea'Sea, and the innocent eyes of his two-year-old nephew Javion, Amel embarks on an unknown journey of truth, understanding, and forgiveness, hoping that his journey will lead him to experience his ultimate definition of freedom, a life worth living.Rating Epithetical Books The Makings of a Fatherless Child
Ratings: 3.97 From 66 Users | 56 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books The Makings of a Fatherless Child
This book has been kindly given by the author in exchange for an honest review.First lets establish that the rating is only related to my personal taste and other readers would give a better rating to this same story.Did the author do a bad job writing the book? Certainly not as I could see and feel the amount of work and endless hours he put through it. The characters are well written, their suffering and joy are yours to experience as well. Their poverty and predicament leak through the pages
*** I was given an electronic version of this book by Chandler Alexander in exchange for an honest review. ***What the actual fuck was this book. It took me soooo long to read because I felt like I had to put it down after every couple sentences. In the beginning, I barely touched the book because it was soooo difficult to get used to the writing style and the way the characters talked. After I finally got used to that, I had to try to get used to the exaggerated plot. I didn't really start to
Some say that we make our own destiny; that it doesnt matter where or what you came from, all the matters is what you bring to the metaphorical table. Through Amel, Chandler Alexander shows that that is not necessarily the case for everybody. Amel River is a boy born into the wrong part of town and the wrong family. Before he is even out of high school, he suffers unimaginable abuse from his family, friends and, most tragically, himself. Amel is a truly disturbed boy and, the more you read on,
DNF
When I read the blurb on The Makings of a Fatherless Child, I was not sure it would be a book I wanted to read. The genre that the author calls realistic Fiction is one I have never heard of. I was unsure if I would find the story too unsettling to enjoy.I was actually surprised by how engaging the story was. The characters came to life, they jump off the pages. They have flaws and they have great obstacles to overcome. It is a hard read in places, but there is a feeling of hopefulness that the
I struggled over whether or not to leave a review for this book. I have mixed feelings about it. I have issues with much of the narrative and some of the dialogue. First the good...This is a dark, gritty, brutal story. A coming of age tale in a poverty stricken city. Amel has known nothing but hard times his whole life. His father wants nothing to do with him, his mother is abusive and too wrapped up in herself to care or notice that Amel's clothes stopped fitting him years ago. He has hopes and
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